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ABC News Supreme Court Nomination Poll, July 1991 (ICPSR 9612)

Principal Investigator(s):ABC News

Summary:

This survey focuses on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to
the Supreme Court of the United States. Respondents were asked if
they approved of the way the Supreme Court was doing its job, if the
Supreme Court was becoming more conservative in its decisions, if
they approved of Thomas's nomination to the Supreme Court, if the
Senate should only consider Thomas's background and qualifications or
if it should consider his political views as well, and if Thomas
should be conf... (more info)

This survey focuses on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to
the Supreme Court of the United States. Respondents were asked if
they approved of the way the Supreme Court was doing its job, if the
Supreme Court was becoming more conservative in its decisions, if
they approved of Thomas's nomination to the Supreme Court, if the
Senate should only consider Thomas's background and qualifications or
if it should consider his political views as well, and if Thomas
should be confirmed only if he indicates that he would vote to
overturn/uphold the Supreme Court's 1973 ruling that allowed a woman
to have a legal abortion for any reason during the first three months
of pregnancy. Respondents also were questioned about White House
Chief of Staff John Sununu's use of government and corporate planes
while he was not on official White House business. Background
information on respondents includes political alignment, education,
age, race, sex, and state/region of residence.

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Universe:
Adults aged 18 and over living in households with
telephones in the 48 contiguous United States and the District of
Columbia.

Data Types:
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

A weight variable is included that must be used in any
analysis.

Methodology

Sample:
Households were selected by random digit dialing. Within
household, the respondent selected was the adult living in the
household who last had a birthday and who was at home at the time of
the interview.

Data Source:

telephone interviews

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:1992-01-10

Version History:

2007-09-18 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files have
been added to this data collection.